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Where to eat on campus during Thanksgiving break  

With the semester coming to an end at the University of Connecticut, many students will head home for Thanksgiving break, while many will stay on campus. 

UConn’s Thanksgiving break dining is limited mainly to South and McMahon, with all dining closed on Thanksgiving Day. Reduced Union food service hours provide additional options before normal operations return on Nov. 30. Photo courtesy of Nathan Galicinao/DC Photo.

According to the UConn dining website, not all dining halls will be open throughout break. So where can students eat during Thanksgiving break? 

For Friday, Nov. 21, all dining halls will be open for breakfast and lunch. For dinner, only South, North and McMahon will be open from 4 to 7:15 p.m. 
 

From Saturday, Nov. 22, to Saturday, Nov. 29, anyone with a residential meal plan who has signed a meal form will get one breakfast, lunch and dinner swipe on the days they sign up for.  

On Saturday, Nov. 22, only South dining hall is open, and from Sunday, Nov. 23, to Wednesday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 28, to Saturday, Nov. 29, only McMahon dining hall is open. For Thursday, Nov. 27, which is Thanksgiving, all dining services will be closed. 

For Thanksgiving break, breakfast is from 7 to 9:30 a.m., lunch is from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and dinner is from 4 to 7:15 p.m. 

According to the McMahon dining menu, some of the options for most breakfasts are oatmeal, scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs and options like French toast and chocolate chip pancakes. 

For lunch, some of the options are pizza, Nashville hot chicken bowls, grilled lemon pepper chicken and BBQ chicken. 

For dinner, options include chicken meuniere, pumpkin spice sweet potato curry with rice and corn and black bean salad. 

Also open during Thanksgiving break are the Student Union shops. For Friday, Nov. 21, the Union Street Market and The Coop are open from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Market Café is open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Earth, Wok and Fire is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and SAMBAZON is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cafes are all open from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. 

On Nov. 24 and 25, the Union Street Market is open from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. On Nov. 24 through 26, the Market Café is open from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

On Sunday, Nov. 29, the Union Street Market is open from 3 to 9 p.m. and the Market Café and SAMBAZON are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

During Thanksgiving break, only South and McMahon dining halls remain open most days for students staying on campus.Photo courtesy of Nathan Galicinao/ DC Photo.

Husky Harvest Food Pantry will only be open on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
 

All meals plans will resume on Sunday, Nov. 30, but from 8 to 10:30 a.m., only South will be open. From 10:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., brunch will be held at Northwest and South. For dinner, from 4:00 to 7:15 p.m., all the dining halls will be back open, and Northwest and South will be open until 10 p.m. 

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